Weaning

[Meshell]

Our weaning attempts have been sabotaged. :eyeroll: William has known how to sign milk for a while but he learned please too and now almost every time he sees me it's "milk please!" Little stink! :p I don't give it to him every time and after the first few days he got over asking for it every 5 min.

But I am still not pushing the weaning thing. I think we need to get through flu/cold season. But we are only nursing 4 times a day, first thing in the morning, 2 naps and before bed. He has started to go to sleep for naps on his own after nursing instead of during nursing. So that's a step in the right direction, right?! :hula:

[Elaine]

I hate when they learn please! :rolleyes:

I think it's a great idea to keep nursing through flu season. Can't hurt to keep him tapped up on some extra immunities and antibodies. :twothumbs:

[Ashley]

Cut down to 4 sounds like a good step!! :hula: I'm sure you'll get there, keep us posted! (and tell us the trick! :hehe:)

[Jojo]

I think that is awesome that you are for getting to 4 nursings a day! I can't even keep track of how many times I nurse a day.

Keep up the good work! :support::support:

[Andrea]

That's great that he is going to sleep for naps on his own now!:hula:
I think you are doing great! I did the gradual weaning and it worked great for us!

[Mama Sandy]

OMGosh, I can just imagine how adorable it is when he signs "Milk please" :love:

I think nursing a little through flu season is a great idea. I don't see any need to rush it if this is what you're comfortable with.

[bettercowpatty]

Sounds like you are doing great! Oh man.. that "please" will get you every time... and boy do they know it!

[Meshell]

It really does get me every time! Especially when he really wants it he signs please on me instead of him. :love:

We are making progress though and he is doing better with his naps and the other night he decided to go to bed without nursing or a bottle.

[lilbunnygirl]

Cutting down is great, he'll probably slowly start to lose interest from here. Good luck! I'd planned to wean at 1 year but Cash set the pace and we ended on his 18 month birthday, however the last 2 months were literally like 10 seconds at bedtime, he'd latch on and be like "NOM NOM...wait, why am I doing this again?" and quit. It made me feel good that it wasn't traumatic for him at all even though it went on a bit longer than I'd planned.

[Jojo]

It really does get me every time! Especially when he really wants it he signs please on me instead of him. :love:

We are making progress though and he is doing better with his naps and the other night he decided to go to bed without nursing or a bottle.


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